Climate averages 1991–2020
Los Ángeles weather
in August.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a cool month in Los Ángeles: daytime highs average 13.1°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 169 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 41 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Villa Mercedes, Chile (34 km away). In August its highs average 12.4°C, 0.7°C cooler than Los Ángeles, with 241 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Chile, Los Ángeles ranks joint 32nd of 40 for the warmest August highs and 34th of 40 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 40 cities is 15.5°C; Los Ángeles is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 15.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 169 mm to 94 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Los Ángeles climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 15 | 2.0 | 14.414 h |
| February | 26.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 25 | 2.5 | 13.514 h |
| March | 23.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 33 | 4.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 18.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 85 | 6.7 | 11.211 h |
| May | 15.0°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 178 | 11.0 | 10.110 h |
| June | 12.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 252 | 15.5 | 9.610 h |
| July | 11.8°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 193 | 14.1 | 9.810 h |
| August, selected | 13.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 169 | 13.1 | 10.711 h |
| September | 15.3°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 94 | 9.4 | 11.812 h |
| October | 17.8°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 71 | 8.1 | 13.013 h |
| November | 21.0°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 40 | 5.1 | 14.114 h |
| December | 24.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 30 | 3.9 | 14.715 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Villa Mercedes, Chile in AugustChile · 34 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 3.4°C · 241 mm rain
- Coronel in AugustChile · 85 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.3°C · 163 mm rain
- Chiguayante in AugustChile · 85 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Concepción in AugustChile · 94 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 6.0°C · 122 mm rain
- San Pedro de la Paz in AugustChile · 96 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 6.6°C · 122 mm rain
- Chillán in AugustChile · 99 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.2°C · 168 mm rain
- Talcahuano in AugustChile · 107 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 6.8°C · 122 mm rain
- Temuco in AugustChile · 142 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 196 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Los Ángeles) is explained once on the Los Ángeles year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.